While the Illinois death penalty was abolished 2011, a recent proposal by Governor Bruce Rauner has brought the issue back into the spotlight.
While Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposal to restore the death penalty is a terrible idea for Illinois, the silver lining is that the proposal would be a step in the right direction for 31 states that still employ the practice.
Recent DNA testing supports the contention of inmates Curtis Croft and Demetrius Henderson that they have spent years in prison for a rape and murder they did not commit, a newly-filed petition states.
When respected law professor Albert Alschuler said renowned federal appeals court judge Frank Easterbrook engaged in “eight whoppers” in a high-profile case, Injustice Watch undertook a review of the judge’s other cases. The result: A pattern of misrepresenting facts: Misstatements, omissions and wrong assumptions.
As a young man, the death penalty may have seemed just desserts. But Rob Warden would grow to help lead a movement to not only end the death penalty but minimize the risk of miscarriages of justice.